Continue
Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Plug
Plug verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Because of this, CLAMP pulled the plug for a possible third season and have Production I.G continue it in a form of the OVAs.
Source: Creator Backlash - But through it all, the tinker gnomes continue to plug away at their inventions (doomed by the gods to fail, however).
Source: Medieval Stasis -
In Dan Abnett's Titanicus, when Mechanicus units plug off to fight Chaos despite a schism, one conspirator who engineered the split complains that this trope means they will continue to follow the man leading them into battle.
Source: Fire-Forged Friends
Cite this Source
Plug and Continue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/plug
Continue & Plug. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/plug>.
Plug or Continue. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/plug.
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